Comparison

doodlEarth vs National Dominance

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

doodlEarth

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Unleash your creativity on the world like never before. With doodlEarth, the entire planet is your canvas. Spin the 3D globe, zoom in anywhere, and leave your mark—whether it’s a doodle, a message, or a photo. Features: - Doodle and paint directly on a world sphere - Discover and interact with doodles from people around the globe - Upload an image from your photos - Add a message and a link to any upload - Buy land where you are. Once is is yours you can remove or paint over what was there before doodleEarth brings creativity to the world stage. Whether you're an artist or just having fun, the earth is yours to doodle.

About

National Dominance

Lead any of 196 real nations from regional player to global superpower. Manage a deep economy, engage in complex diplomacy, conduct espionage, and wage war with strategic depth. Survive global crises and achieve victory through economic growth or conquest.

Highlights
  • Deep economy management
  • Global diplomacy and alliances
  • Espionage and black-budget operations
  • Strategic ground, air, and naval warfare
  • Dynamic world events and disasters
  • Multiple victory conditions
  • Leaderboards and achievements
Features
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National Dominance puts the whole world in your hands. Pick any of 196 real nations and rise from regional player to global superpower. RUN A DEEP ECONOMY Set tax and spending, fund five ministries down to their departments, and manage debt, inflation, a sovereign wealth fund, bond markets and a credit rating. Trade real commodities along living supply routes, and squeeze rivals by choking the goods and chokepoints they depend on. PLAY THE WORLD Forge trade pacts and alliances, levy tariffs, rally sanctions coalitions, broker peace as a Trusted Broker, or found your own bloc with dues and a shared army. Every nation has opinions, grievances and ambitions, and they will gang up on whoever leads. GO DARK Build a black-budget intelligence service, arm deniable proxy armies, and run espionage, bribery, sabotage and rumor campaigns. Unleash a proxy war while keeping your hands clean. The AI plays the same dirty game right back. WAGE WAR YOUR WAY Raise real armies across ground, air and naval forces and march them to war. Battles are decided by Risk-style dice weighted for technology, air superiority and terrain, so superpowers hit hard while entrenched defenders and guerrilla fighters bleed invaders dry. Casualties are real and thin both your army and your population. Mobilize for total war, launch your own offensives, climb an escalation ladder from cyber strikes to nuclear options, then occupy, install puppets, or fully annex the conquered. SURVIVE A LIVING WORLD Seasonal disasters, climate, global pandemics, refugee crises and weaponized migration all test your resilience. Respond, insure, and rebuild stronger. TWO PATHS TO VICTORY Win by Ascendancy: grow faster than anyone over a 10, 25, 50 or 100 year mission, so even a tiny nation can topple the giants. Or win by conquest: build a war machine and subjugate every rival great power. Then keep playing forever in endless mode. Chase 100 achievements, climb the global leaderboards, and prove you can rule the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

doodlEarth4 screens
National Dominance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: doodlEarth at none against National Dominance's shown. doodlEarth also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). National Dominance's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. doodlEarth sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and National Dominance sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

doodlEarth ships an update every 5 weeks, National Dominance every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
doodlEarth versus National Dominance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdoodlEarthNational Dominance
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—94.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—33 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB74 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDoodlearth Ltd.Brian Solomon

In-app purchases

8 purchases

doodlEarth

One-time8
  • token$1.99
  • coins2 variants$4.99
  • coins$9.99
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  • tokens$9.99
  • tokens$19.99
  • coins$99.99
  • coins$199.99
  • coins$499.99
16 purchases

National Dominance

Subscriptions1
  • Dominance Pass (Monthly)$2.991 Month
One-time15
  • Envoy Pack$1.99
  • Cold War 1962$1.99
  • The Great Famine$1.99
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  • Post-Collapse 2100$1.99
  • Orbital Age 2045$1.99
  • Twilight of Empires$1.99
  • The AI Singularity$1.99
  • Statecraft$2.99
  • Ironman$2.99
  • Themes$2.99
  • Season Pass$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Custom Start$4.99
  • Statecraft Bundle$9.99
  • All-Access Pass$29.99

Questions

Is doodlEarth free?
doodlEarth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is National Dominance free?
National Dominance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do doodlEarth or National Dominance have ads?
National Dominance shows ads; doodlEarth does not.
Which is updated more often, doodlEarth or National Dominance?
doodlEarth ships an update every 5 weeks, and National Dominance every 5 days. Most recently, doodlEarth was updated on October 15, 2026 and National Dominance on October 28, 2026.

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